First time traveling with nanny -- how to pay?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bless you nannies that think you are entitled to pay while sleeping in your hotel room, off duty, while traveling with a family. I think y’all are so vocal on this post because you need to convince families of why you need more, more, more. You are doing a job we all literally did in high school, which requires no formal training and no education. All us parents do the exact same thing you do, and we do it while working also holding down a “real” job. We wipe our children’s butts and make Mac and cheese too, the only difference is we do it while also balancing conference calls, deadlines, clients and managing our nannies. Please, you could never.

So do it all yourself, PP. No one is stopping you. Don’t hire or travel with a nanny.

That changes absolutely nothing however and isn’t the least bit applicable. Nannies are paid for sleeping in luxury hotel rooms when traveling for work. The nanny is away from her own family and is not there for her vacation! She’s there to work her hourly job and absolutely gets paid for sleeping!

PS. Are you foreign, PP? Your grammar is poor so I’m guessing English is not your first language nor are you familiar with our laws in this country protecting domestic workers.

PP is rude but you do not have to pay a nanny for time when she is not working even on business travel. I mean sure you can work that out with your nanny if you wish but legally you do not need to pay her for that time nor a per diem. There are plenty of people who travel on business and don’t get paid for sleeping or get a per diem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bless you nannies that think you are entitled to pay while sleeping in your hotel room, off duty, while traveling with a family. I think y’all are so vocal on this post because you need to convince families of why you need more, more, more. You are doing a job we all literally did in high school, which requires no formal training and no education. All us parents do the exact same thing you do, and we do it while working also holding down a “real” job. We wipe our children’s butts and make Mac and cheese too, the only difference is we do it while also balancing conference calls, deadlines, clients and managing our nannies. Please, you could never.

So do it all yourself, PP. No one is stopping you. Don’t hire or travel with a nanny.

That changes absolutely nothing however and isn’t the least bit applicable. Nannies are paid for sleeping in luxury hotel rooms when traveling for work. The nanny is away from her own family and is not there for her vacation! She’s there to work her hourly job and absolutely gets paid for sleeping!

PS. Are you foreign, PP? Your grammar is poor so I’m guessing English is not your first language nor are you familiar with our laws in this country protecting domestic workers.

PP is rude but you do not have to pay a nanny for time when she is not working even on business travel. I mean sure you can work that out with your nanny if you wish but legally you do not need to pay her for that time nor a per diem. There are plenty of people who travel on business and don’t get paid for sleeping or get a per diem.

Are those people hourly? No. Salaried people aren’t paid to sleep away from home. Hourly domestic workers are. You can break it down to minimum wage for the full travel day (24 hours) but the nanny must be paid. Call the labor board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bless you nannies that think you are entitled to pay while sleeping in your hotel room, off duty, while traveling with a family. I think y’all are so vocal on this post because you need to convince families of why you need more, more, more. You are doing a job we all literally did in high school, which requires no formal training and no education. All us parents do the exact same thing you do, and we do it while working also holding down a “real” job. We wipe our children’s butts and make Mac and cheese too, the only difference is we do it while also balancing conference calls, deadlines, clients and managing our nannies. Please, you could never.

So do it all yourself, PP. No one is stopping you. Don’t hire or travel with a nanny.

That changes absolutely nothing however and isn’t the least bit applicable. Nannies are paid for sleeping in luxury hotel rooms when traveling for work. The nanny is away from her own family and is not there for her vacation! She’s there to work her hourly job and absolutely gets paid for sleeping!

PS. Are you foreign, PP? Your grammar is poor so I’m guessing English is not your first language nor are you familiar with our laws in this country protecting domestic workers.

PP is rude but you do not have to pay a nanny for time when she is not working even on business travel. I mean sure you can work that out with your nanny if you wish but legally you do not need to pay her for that time nor a per diem. There are plenty of people who travel on business and don’t get paid for sleeping or get a per diem.

Are those people hourly? No. Salaried people aren’t paid to sleep away from home. Hourly domestic workers are. You can break it down to minimum wage for the full travel day (24 hours) but the nanny must be paid. Call the labor board.

This is not accurate. I am not taking a stance on morally should OP pay her nanny but legally if the nanny has no expectation of working and a private room to sleep, she does not need to get paid for that time.

Of course OP should discuss all of this up front, and pay overtime for any hours over 40 for the week.